Unusual alliance forms against electoral college change
Editorial notes an odd coalition opposing Sen. Bayh's plan for direct presidential election. Conservative rural- state Republicans Hatch and Thurmond lead opposition, while liberal groups Urban League's Vernon Jordan and American Jewish Congress's Howard Squadron push to keep the winner takes all system. They argue current rules focus campaigns on populous states with higher black and Jewish voter shares.
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Sen
Birch Bavh
D-Ind
Congress
Bayh
Senate
Orrin G. Hatch
Utah
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Vernon Jordan
The
Urban League
Howard Squadron
American Jewish Congress
Anybody but Kennedy 1980 race poll shows trust issue
A McCall s Gallup poll of nearly 1500 adults finds 27 percent say Kennedy s conduct around the 1969 Chappaquiddick accident reveals a serious character flaw and could deter votes if he runs. About 11 percent cite the incident as a key factor in vote decisions.
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Gallup Organization Inc
Princeton
N.J
Kennedy
Hina
Chappaquick
Senate committee sorts through SALT issues
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is shaping positions on SALT II with focus on deploying advanced missiles like the MX and cruise missiles. Hearings continue into September as lawmakers weigh how temporary deployment restraints could set a precedent for permanent bans and seek a two thirds vote to extend the protocol.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Today in History July 23 1979 Highlights
Today in history notes events on July 23 across centuries. Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia in 1914 triggering World War I. England prepared to repel invasion in 1588. Petain put on trial in 1945. Nixon refused to release tapes in 1973. Puerto Rico voted to keep U.S. commonwealth in 1976. Juan Carlos named successor in 1976. Greece moved to civilian rule in 1965. Lambeth Conference opened in Canterbury in 1979.
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Associated Press
Austria
Serbia
Francis Ferdinand
Tilbury
Thames River
England
Armanda
Marshal Henri Petain
Paris
France
Richard Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Puerto Rico
Juan Carlos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Greece
Constantine Caramanlis
Canterbury
Quiet shift of nuke fans among NGA governors
Louisville report shows governors from multiple states moving from pro nuclear cheerleading to endorsement of an omnibus resolution highlighting decommissioning costs siting delays and safety safeguards. Republican Edwards once praised nuclear power while Riley and others call for stricter federal procedures by autumn.
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Louisville
NEA
National Governor's Association
Boston
NGA
South Carolina
James B. Edwards
Richard W. Riley
Edwards
Subcommittee
General Electric Co
Riley
Robert F. List
Nevada
Dixy Lee Ray
Washington
Pennsylvania
Richard L. Thornburgh
Thornburgh
Arizona
Bruce E. Babbitt
White House
Three Mile Island
Ask Jack Anderson responds to readers with frank letters
Washington column features reader questions from across the nation. James B. Anderson answers on issues from oil profits to emigration, beer fuel and the Carter presidency, noting a flood of mail and providing brief, pointed replies.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
America
Louis Tyka
Marysville
Mich
Berlin
David Westphal
Nevada City
Calif. A
Jimmy Carter
Fannie Gobble
Spencer
N.C A
Kogan
Soviet Union
Issac Kogan
Sophie
Anya
Simona
Leningrad
Israel
Issac
Kogans
Julie Traschen
Hartford
Conn. A
16Th Street
N.W
D.C
Congress
J. McCarthy
Boston
Senate
Russell Long
D-La
Broward County
Rge Eckle
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla. A
Land of Plenty
Eugene Hoover
Murfreesboro
Tenn. A
Carter
Anheuser-Busch
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
John Williams
Chicago
Tweedle Dum
Sun Myung Moon
Roy Cross
Ashland
Georgia
Rosalynn
Hazel Cooper
Port Orange
Washington, D.C
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